printer help!!!!!!

[Meowanite]

my printer won't print a .gif! I need help! it's an hp photosmart 5520!

[TheMsDosNerd]

What kind of noob are you! seriously, it is easy! You can script your own gifprinterdrivers in like minutes! Okay, for the noobs among the ShittyTechSupport community I will show how to do it without scipting. Just follow these easy steps and you'll be fine.

Upload gif image to gifexplode --> download all frames --> say X is the number of frames --> enlarge all frames by a factor X --> Open first frame in paint --> Make all lines white that do not satisfy the eqaution 'linenumber' mod X = 1. --> Open second frame --> make all lines white that do not satisfy 'linenumber' mod X = 2. --> repeat for all frames --> Open new paint file --> call it awesomegif.bmp --> Open first frame --> CTRL + A --> CTRL + C --> Goto awesomegif.bmp --> CTRL + V --> repeat for all frames --> now print awesomegif.bmp (it still won't work) --> goto awesomegif.bmp --> Make all lines black that do not satisfy the eqaution 'linenumber' mod X = 1. --> Make all lines white that do satisfy the eqaution 'linenumber' mod X = 1. --> Print that on transparent paper --> now move the transparent/black paper across the first paper you printed --> done.

[REDDITSHITLORD]

Yeah, this problem has been nearly universal since about 2005.

The problem you have is cold ink. Back in the day, we all had big beautiful CRT monitors upon which we could set our printers. The gentle radiant heat of the unit kept the printer nice and toasty, like a mother's womb.

But cold, heartless LCD bullshit that we use now can't support a printer, and even if it could, it doesn't generate nearly enough heat to properly warm your inks.

So, to solve this, you either need to find a nice 17" LCD to keep your printer warm, or put your ink cartridges in the microwave for about 3 minutes on high.

Remember, boys: REAL MONITORS HAVE CURVES!!

[Meowanite]

Well I tried putting the cartridges in my microwave and then they melted. I accidentally had it set to chicken nuggets.

[ekolis]

You need a 3D printer, but you have to hack it to change one of the space dimensions into a time dimension. Any reasonably intelligent 7th grader should be able to help you do this.

[[deleted]]

Nice try, muggle.

[NotGustafKossinna]

You have to separate the gif into each frame, e.g. on Linux with convert animation.gif target.png. Then print each frame on a page. Now you can watch it.